Transforming Power emerges from hardship and victimhood
ASIA WEST PACIFIC — I got encouraging news: I hadn’t been in touch with my friends at AVP Indonesia for a long time, but when the flash floods hit Ace…
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Aceh Tamiang in Ruins: Lives Uprooted After the Region’s Worst Flash Flood
ASIA WEST PACIFIC — Aceh Tamiang—where the first AVP workshop in Indonesia was held in 2005—was struck by devastating flooding November 18–27, 2025. T…
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Supporting Teenagers in the Kendeng Mountains through Schools with Stories of the Power of Goodness.
ASIA WEST PACIFIC — The Kendeng Mountains in South Pati are in a limestone karst landscape where resident communities still resist mining and others h…
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Gathering and Visiting for Friendship
ASIA WEST PACIFIC — Gatherings and visiting are the way Peace Place Pati builds friendships. Interns from Haverford College joined in the visiting as…
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Haverford College Fellowship Program in Creating Cultures of Peace at Peace Place Pati, Indonesia
ASIA WEST PACIFIC — The 2025 Internship is Haverford College’s second internship program at Peace Place Pati. This program was made possible through a…
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Petrus, Peace Place, Indonesia
ASIA WEST PACIFIC — For me, life is about choices – and choosing nonviolence is choosing a life that renews itself, a life open to transforming power.…
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Dispelling prejudice through the growth of Young Interfaith Facilitators.
ASIA WEST PACIFIC —When I started the AVP Justice and Peace training, I felt something had changed in me. AVP Justice and Peace became a tool that hel…
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Pundenrejo Village Struggles for Justice in Central Java, Indonesia
ASIA WEST PACIFIC — In Friends Peace Teams, we practice nonviolence and reconciliation to effectively work for justice and peace in our own and neighb…
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Experience Transforming Power at Peace Place – Join us!
ASIA WEST PACIFIC — Peace Place Pati in Central Java, Indonesia implemented a Permaculture site plan over the past five years. The grounds are now a p…
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A Journey of Permaculture Practice at Peace Place Pati
ASIA WEST PACIFIC — Five years ago Peace Place embarked on an amazing journey learning about and applying permaculture, which has shaped our thinking,…
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Interfaith Youth training: Practice listening and creating a peaceful future.
ASIA WEST PACIFIC — The basic AVP (Alternatives to Violence Project) workshop for interfaith youth held at Peace Place Pati on 2023, July 4-6, was att…
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Sharing strengthens in the Power of Goodness
ASIA WEST PACIFIC — On March 10 2023, Farid, Risa, Erina and Wiwit facilitated the Power of Goodness event in collaboration with the Usuludin Faculty…
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Christianity and Islam Youth build Peace Movements through Stories of Power of Goodness with Teenagers
ASIA WEST PACIFIC — There are two Power of Goodness teams in Java, one in Peace Place Pati, Central Java, consisting of Wiwit, Udin, Risa, Farid, Petr…
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Spreading the seeds of Peace through Interfaith Youth
ASIA WEST PACIFIC — Encouraging the interfaith youth to create a peaceful world is one of the strategies that Peace Place Pati training center does fo…
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Opening to Transforming Power
ASIA WEST PACIFIC — Indonesian AVP facilitators in the movement to create a Culture of Peace and Justice got the opportunity to introduce AVP in Class…
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Strengthening Cooperation in Religious Diversity
ASIA WEST PACIFIC — Religious diversity is not something that separates citizens in society. On September 14, 2022 people of different faiths got toge…
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Dispelling Prejudices: Peace Place Visits Tondomulyo on June 29,2022
ASIA WEST PACIFIC — Tondomulyo was an extremist Islamic village with some of the highest rates of criminal violence and fighting, especially among the…
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“I Want to Learn”
Asia West Pacific — Holei Roo Orphanage welcomed eight children who come from areas of armed conflict in Papua, namely from Intan Jaya and Nduga. Thes…
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Choose the Path of Non-Violence, Stop the Wars!
ASIA WEST PACIFIC — The Interfaith Youth Peace Training on March 4-6, 2022 was attended by 16 participants along with three apprentices and two facili…
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I’m Papuan, I need Peace.
Asia West Pacific — “I’m Papuan, I need Peace,” is our mutual commitment as a couple–Sint Aidit Tokoro and Selly Novy. For Sint, poverty occurs becaus…
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Unraveling Prejudice, listening to Conscience (Peace and Justice)
ASIA WEST PACIFIC — “Unraveling Prejudice, Listening to Conscience” is the theme chosen for the Indonesian online Power of Goodness event on December…
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Power of Goodness Journey in West Papua
ASIA WEST PACIFIC — Selly Novi reports, “The Power of Goodness, AVP mini-workshops, at the orphanage in West Papua is considered successful because th…
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Interfaith Peace and Justice for Christian and Muslim teenagers: making friends and feeling comfortable with religious differences
ASIA WEST PACIFIC — Meeting with friends of other religions is a common occurrence for children aged 13 to 17, especially at school and when they are…
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Practicing Nonviolence with Children
ASIA WEST PACIFIC — The Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) International Gathering, September 26-29, 2021, gave Petrus and Nanik valuable experien…
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Personal Transformation Workshop Helps Trauma Healing
ASIA WEST PACIFIC — The fourteen people attended the face-to-face Personal Transformation Workshop at Peace Place. Scheduling was a success: two three…
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Power of Goodness in West Papua
ASIA WEST PACIFIC — 36 children aged 2 to 17 years, live in Holei Roo Orphanage, which means “Father in Heaven who cares”, which was founded in Novemb…
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Reaching out to AVP Facilitators in Papua during the Pandemic
ASIA WEST PACIFIC — The Covid-19 pandemic has had a changing impact on AVP training methods and all the face-to-face activities that were previously c…
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ASIA WEST PACIFIC — Thea Rumere introduced Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) in Jayapura after her second AVP-Cultures of Peace Training at Peace…
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Developing Resilience during the Pandemic in Concert with Peace Place Pati
ASIA WEST PACIFIC — School classes in Indonesia have been closed since March 2020 because of the pandemic. As a result, children study at home with th…
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Peace Place Training Center Plants Fruit Trees
ASIA WEST PACIFIC — In 2012, after the construction of the school and guest house, Peace Place was done. There were no trees and it was hot during the…
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Emerging Indonesian Facilitators for AVP’s Creating Cultures of Peace and Justice
ASIA WEST PACIFIC — Peace Place Pati, Central Java, Indonesia is a place to practice creating a culture of peace that supports the movement to build p…
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Communicating Across Religious Divides
ASIA WEST PACIFIC — Starting in 2021, seventeen children and adults began reflecting on relationships among people who are different, especially acros…
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Unit Blocks: Play Equipment Produced by Peace Place
ASIA WEST PACIFIC — Beginning in 2010, Quaker woodworkers Peter Watson from Aotearoa / NZ and Dean Hoover from the United States helped young craftsme…
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Power of Goodness in Light of the World Anti-Corruption Day, 9 December
ASIA WEST PACIFIC — Two Indonesian Ministers were arrested for corruption just before the commemoration of World Anti-corruption Day on the 9th of Dec…
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Peace Place Blossoms with Permaculture Designs
ASIA WEST PACIFIC — Peace Place Training Center in Pati, Central Java, Indonesia works to create cultures of peace and justice. We believe peace is po…
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Practice Friendship to Good Listening with the Law-Caring Community in Pati
ASIA WEST PACIFIC — Pati Regency is located on the north coast of Java Island and in the eastern part of Central Java Province. It’s area of 150,368 h…
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Peace Place is a Comfortable, Open Area to Support Activities During the Covid-19 Pandemic
ASIA WEST PACIFIC — The Covid-19 pandemic has changed many things in community activities. Government campaigns to prevent the spread of the covid-19…
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Staying Connected in the Perpetual Practice of Peace
ASIA WEST PACIFIC — The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the daily activities of most people’s lives. Creating Cultures of Peace online training is one o…
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We Believe Peace is Real
ASIA WEST PACIFIC — Synod Peace Institute (LPS) and PELITA, an institution of the Mennonite Evangelical Church in Java (GITJ), developed an evangelism…
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Joglo Preschool Exhibition Day for Theme One
ASIA WEST PACIFIC — Parents and family members attended the exhibition of children’s work from the theme over the last eight weeks: Creating a Sustain…
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Awaken the Culture of Peace with a Gathering at Tondomulyo, Indonesia
ASIA WEST PACIFIC — In January 2019, children and parents joined together at the MIftahul Huda School in Tondomulyo, Jakenan for a gathering. Almost a…
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Building Friendship: Muslim and Christian Children Come Together at the “Damai” Library
ASIA WEST PACIFIC — The “Damai” Library in Pati, Indonesia hosted a Power of Goodness event for 20 children and 10 adults that brought together Muslim…
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Mislan completed his Bachelor’s Degree in Early Childhood Education.
ASIA WEST PACIFIC — Mislan, the Founder and Director of Tunas Baru Preschool, completed his undergraduate study in Early Childhood Education in Februa…
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Building a Culture of Peace through Parents of Miftahul Huda Preschool
ASIA WEST PACIFIC — The Miftahul Huda Foundation is currently supporting 72 preschool children and 85 primary school children in the Ibtidaiyah Madras…
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Use of the SAP Water Filter (Practical Water Filter)
ASIA WEST PACIFIC – October, 2018. A simple filter named SAP (Practical Water Filter) is a water filter developed by the Sheep Indonesia Foundation (Y…
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Peace Education for Parents of Joglo Preschool at Pati, Central Java
Asia West Pacific – October 2018 Peace Education for Parents of Joglo Preschool at Pati, Central Java by Petrus and Nanik Joglo Preschool at Peace Pla…
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Garden Reading Peace Place Pati
Asia West Pacific – November 2018 Garden Reading in Peace Place, Pati, Indonesia By Petrus Peace Place began to develop a reading garden. Currently it…
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Building a Team of Facilitators at Tondomulyo
Asia West Pacific – November 2018 Building a Team of Facilitators at Tondomulyo By Petrus Tondomulyo is a village whose population is Muslim. The majo…
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Bokhee (Sahaja) from Frontiers Korea visited Peace Place Pati
Asia West Pacific – November 13, 2018 Bokhee from Frontiers Korea visited Peace Place Pati by Petrus On November 13, 2018, Bokhee or Sahaja (Indonesia…
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Indonesia Mourns Earthquake and Tsunami
Asia West Pacific – September 30, 2018 Indonesia Mourns the Earthquake and Tsunami by Petrus Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images The Lombok Earthquake an…
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Sharing with DECOP (Deaf Community Of Pati) and AVP Community of Pati,
Asia West Pacific – August 19, 2018 Sharing with DECOP (Deaf Community Of Pati) and AVP Community of Pati, By Petrus, Peace Place Pati based on an int…
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Ani, Tunas Baru Early Childhood Teacher, Barak Induk in her daily life.
Asia West Pacific – September 2018 Meet Ani, the Tunas Baru Early Childhood Teacher By Petrus Ani is one of the Tunas Baru early childhood teachers, B…
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